What size do you run, would you use the same size again? I know that smaller rams are faster, and bigger rams are stronger, so what is the ideal size?

Full hydro rulez!

i am in the process of switching from a howe performance ram assist to a howe performance full hydro.

assist is 1.5 and the full is 2.5

I run a 2" but will be going to a 1.5" soon.

i think i will be running 1 -1/2" on my sheet nee ga:D

mines 1.5, also i'm running it on a 44 with 35's (thinking about 37's)

Where can I pick up a 1.5X8" ram with 1" mounting holes on the ends? I bought my current 2X8" from bailey and I don't think they had any 1.5" listed. I checked northerntool. com and got the same results. Suggestions?

Originally posted by Cochese
Where can I pick up a 1.5X8" ram with 1" mounting holes on the ends? I bought my current 2X8" from bailey and I don't think they had any 1.5" listed. I checked northerntool. com and got the same results. Suggestions?

Yup, Good question. Kind of need the same answer.

Ed

Surplus Center (1-800-488-3407) has 1.5x8s, but cross-tube ends.
Clevises would be much easier for my app.
McMaster-Carr lists a NFPA 1.5x8 that you can put clevis ends on, but that would be $430 total:eek:
Is it feasible to whack the cross-tubes off the 1.5x8 and weld on clevises? (After pulling seals out, etc...)

Is this worth fighting or should I just go to the 2x8?
($55 from Surplus Center:)) -Keeping in mind it's for a YJ pump with marginal flow rate (I hear).

2" x 8 stroke on a 60 with 44's

2" x 8" sitting on my workbench :rolleyes:

I put a 2x8 $45 special on mine. I could have used only a 6" stroke with my D60, but since I moved my tierod closer to the kunckles than most people run I hoped to offset the slower speed of the 2" (over 1.5") by moving over a shorter distance.

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